Open House/B-day Bash at Raven's Wing, Nov. 13

OPEN HOUSE and BIRTHDAY BASH!

Help us celebrate the 100th birthday of the house at

Farm Up The Street, 345 N Page St!

Tour the house and farm, enjoy snacks and drinks.

Find wonderful Christmas gifts from local artists and craftspeople next-door at

Raven's Wing Healing Center, 325 N Page St,

where massage therapist Carley Sutton makes her chemical-free bath and beauty products,

normally available downtown on Saturdays during Farmers Mkt season.

How about a gift certificate for massage for Christmas!

And come meet other folks who frequent Raven's Wing!  Yoga teachers and students,

meditators, potluckers, documentary viewers, drummers, urban farmers, goat cheese makers,

massage therapists, Farm2Table enthusiasts . . . .

Saturday, November 13th, 1-5 pm. Hope to see you here!

April Fools tonight, Wine Cellar, 7

The April Fools are playing at the Wine Cellar tonight, 7PM. Come celebrate the first night of Spring!!!


The Fools won first place as a band at High Falls Fiddler's Convention last week so they should be red hot and raring to go.  Note, the April Fools are especially good role models for children and/or adults who need guidance in the ways of the world.

[AND the Fools are playing April 17, opening day of Farmers' Market, downtown Sou. Pines!]

Reminder, Aug 13, 14, Sunrise Theater

"Food, Inc. " will be screened on Thursday and Friday evenings, August 13 & 14 at the Sunrise Theater in Southern Pines. A big party on the green next to the theater precedes it. Please bring a friend and an appetite.

The community has coalesced around this special showing by the Sunrise Theater in a manner both surprising, inspiring and delightful. We're becoming a "foodie" community, neighbors. And the screening and panel last weekend in Fayetteville was a hit. Congratulations to Fayetteville!

This week's screenings should in Southern Pines be even more of a hit, as we're throwing a big party to go along with it.

Both screenings will be followed by a panel, community discussion and Q&A in the theater with local food and community advocates. Tickets for the film go on sale 30 minutes before showtime (possibly earlier this night - stay tuned for details) and are $5 for children under 12, and $7 for adults. For more information call theSunrise box office at 910-692-3611.

On Thursday only, August 13, opening day.... we kick it off with

"The Moore the Merrier"
A Celebration of Local Food

From 5pm ­ 7:30pm on Thursday, August 13, come enjoy local food, wine, beer, music and more at The Moore the Merrier...

Thanks to the enthusiastic efforts of local foodie Mariah Fong, we can come to a celebration and sample local foods prepared by local chefs on the Sunrise Theater green. Visit with farmers, local craftsfolk and shopkeepers and beekeepers.

Some of the vendors/participants include: Ashten's, Chef Warren's, La Poblanita, 195, Rhett's, White Rabbit Catering, Wolcott's, Sharron Scott - Raw Chef, Moore County Farmers Market, Griffin Family Farm, Half-Acre Farm, Toole, Family Apiary, Full Circle Farm, Raven's Wing Natural Healing, Fancy Faces 4 U, Santi Yoga Studio, Java Bean Plantation and Roasting Company, Foxy Biscotti, April Fool's ...and many many more!

Come hungry, as also this local food celebration benefits the Sandhills/Moore Coalition for Human Care, a United Way agency. (In fact, make it an afternnoon and come watch the benefit Tricycle Races before the Food Fest.) Then hustle on into the Sunrise to enjoy Food, Inc. at 7:30pm

Again,

Food, Inc. |
www.foodincmovie.com
The Sunrise Theater | (910) 692-3611 |
www.sunrisetheater.com
250 NW Broad Street, Southern Pines, NC
Thursday, August 13 7:30pm (panel discussion and Q&A to follow film) + "The Moore The Merrier"
Friday, August 14 | 7:30pm (panel discussion and Q&A to follow film)

Reminder, Aug. 13

Just a reminder to mark August 13 on your calendar. That is the date of "The Moore the Merrier" Local Food Festival that will precede the opening night of the movie Food, Inc. at the Sunrise Theater. Some of the vendors/participants include: Ashten's, Chef Warren's, La Poblanita, 195, Rhett's, White Rabbit Catering, Wolcott's, Sharron Scott - Raw Chef, Moore County Farmers Market, Griffin Family Farm, Half-Acre Farm, Toole, Family Apiary, Full Circle Farm, Raven's Wing Natural Healing, Fancy Faces 4 U, Santi Yoga Studio, Java Bean Plantation and Roasting Company, Foxy Biscotti, April Fools ...and more!

You don't want to miss this... Free admission! Come for dinner! Come for fun! Come and join the community in celebrating local food! And stay for the movie... or return for the second showing on Friday, August 14.

Raven's Wing Herbals, June 27

Raven's Wing Herbals returns to downtown Sou. Pines Farmers' Mkt. Saturday, June 27, 8 - noon.

Pastured Meats, Chemical-Free Produce, Hoke Co.

http://www.agr.state.nc.us/ncproducts/ShowSite.asp?ID=100747

Need Your Small Plastic Flower Pots

Dear Friends, please save your smaller plastic flower pots, even as small as the four- or six pack. I'm potting up seedlings for sharing and market. I also need your used 16 oz. water bottles and egg cartons (doz). Let's keep prices low and recycle our junk! (You can just sort of throw the stuff out your car door at 345 North Page Street.)
Thanks! Maureen

Benefits of Organic Growing, Nov 17

The Organic Market, Organic Certification, Benefits of Organic

Monday, Nov 17, 5 - 6:00 dinner, 6 - 8:00 progam
Moore County Agriculture Center, 707 Pinehurst, Ave., Carthage

Tony Klesse, Production Manager, Eastern Carolina Organics, is the presenter. Also hear from current Eco farmers about selling for organic markets.

$10 registration fee, contact 910 947 3188 by Nov. 14 to reserve a space.

April Fools Play the Market, Sou. Pines

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRXU9Ww_WOo

Downtown Southern Pines Green Space?

A group of downtown [Southern Pines] merchants met this morning. It was our second meeting, and we are meeting to discuss issues affecting the downtown merchants.

Today's meeting was focused on the park where the Farmer's Market is held on Saturday mornings. We have heard that the town wants to build a town hall on the site, and we are opposed to that idea. We would like to see it remain green.

A petition is being printed that will be available for signatures at the Ice Cream Parlor, Flynne's Coffee Shop,and the Country Bookshop. The signers must be Southern Pines residents.

We are also writing letters to the Editor to help educate people on this idea, and would like to see more letters.

Yard signs are being printed and will be available soon.

We are going to attend Town Council meetings and get up and speak about this, and are looking for others to do so, too. The next meeting is Tuesday, June 10 at 7 pm at the Douglas Center at 1185 W. Pennsylvania Ave.

Hope to see you there!

[posted by Maureen, member of Moore County Farmers Market]

S.P. Farmers Mkt Starts This Sat

Moore County Farmers Market gardeners now have a new venue.

Saturday's Market opens THIS Saturday, April 19, corner of New York and Broad, at the site of the old police station.

Hours: 8 - noon

That puts it right across the tracks from the Post Office, a great venue for community-building!

See you there for LOCALLY-grown food, herbs, ornamentals, seedlings, eggs, meats. Strawberries are in!

Farmers Mkt Opens Today!

The Morganton Road Farmers Market will be open April 10 with greenhouse tomatoes, strawberries, flowers and plants, meats and cool weather crops. Please pass the word around. We will also plan to be open the next Thursday April 17.

Local Process, Free-Range Chicken!

From Gold Farm, Hoke County, NC

"We are still taking orders up to July 6, Friday 8pm; the chickens will be processed on Saturday, July 7, 2007. We will not be checking email that day, because we will be too busy.

Chickens are sold whole. They can be picked up on July 12, 2007 at the Moore County Farmers Market - Morganton Road in Southern Pines next Thursday.

For pickup of chickens, we suggest that you bring a cooler with ice to keep them cool until they get home.

For pickup of fresh chickens (not frozen), please let us know so arrangements can be made for pickup/delivery.

Our chickens are free range and raised with no antibiotics.

We also have pork products available: sausage, bacon, ham slices, ribs, shoulder, pork chops, etc. These will be available on Thursdays at Moore County Farmers Market - Morganton Road."